School Expert Witnesses in Hawaii

This highly qualified expert has 40+ years of experience in education. Currently, he is the owner and president of a superintendent search firm that has completed over 200 superintendent searches in the past 14 years. This expert has held the positions of teacher, principal, and superintendent over his career. He has received numerous leadership, distinguished service, and practitioner awards by several professional organizations in the field and is a frequently invited guest speaker at major, national education conferences. He expert earned his BA at Central Washington University, M.Ed in Educational Administration at Central Washington University, and Ed.D in Educational Leadership at Washington State University.

This highly qualified expert has over 38 years of experience in education, including current work as a Superintendent Search Consultant in the state of California. He received his B.A. and M.A. from Arizona State University, as well as a Doctorate of Education from the University of Arizona. The expert was a Teacher, Assistant Principal, and Principal before holding one Assistant Superintendent role and then several Superintendent positions. Over a span of 26 years, he was the Superintendent at 5 different school districts. For 3+ years he was in charge of the 14th largest school district in the nation, Orange County Public Schools in Florida. The expert was the Superintendent of Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District in California from 2000 until 2012 before taking on his current role.

This school administration expert was the Superintendent of Schools for the Mountain View Los Altos High School District in California from 2006 until 2015. He previously spent 14 years as the Superintendent of Schools for the Cambrian School District and also has prior background as a school principal and teacher. The expert graduated as a Doctor of Education from Stanford University and also has a B.A. and M.A. from University of California-Santa Barbara. He is currently serving as the Vice Chairperson of a school accreditation organization and has worked internationally as a consultant. He is active on the boards of many local organizations and has been widely published.

This highly qualified educational expert is fully credentialed and certified in all areas of special education. Having earned his MS in special education from Hofstra University and his EdD from Columbia University Teacher's College, this expert has served as a classroom teacher and principal in schools designed to serve special populations as well as general education/mainstream environments. He has taught university classes designed to prepare prospective special education teachers. He belongs to a number of prestigious societies in the special education field, including his membership in the special education division of the Association of California School Administrators.

This expert has 20+ years of progressive educational and non-profit sector leadership experience. She earned her BA in elementary education from the University of Missouri and her MEd in education leadership from Park University. She served as a classroom teacher and reaching coach for 8 years before switching into administrative roles at various charter schools. She served as a Principal of two charter schools in Kansas City, Missouri and went on to serve as Director of Educational Services for the Missouri Charter Public School Association and Vice President of School Services at the Florida Charter School Alliance. She most recently served as a Principal at Charter Schools USA. She currently serves as Director of National School Development at an educational management company. In this role, she is responsible for attaining multi-state charters and contracts to ensure the strategic growth of the company's managed high schools.